Books

Dr Johnson is the world's most famous lexicographer, and 2014 marks 100 years since the house where he worked was opened to the public. Andre Paine takes a tour and learns about Johnson's literary life in Clerkenwell...

If you’re fond of the festive tradition for ghost stories, Arthur Machen should be your next literary discovery. It’s 120 years since the publication of his creepy story set in Clerkenwell – and he experienced mystical visions in the neighbourhood…

Creative Clerkenwell is famed as a design hub, but did you know there are more than 200 psychotherapists working in EC1? Local psychotherapist Naomi Goode discusses professional help for our mental wellbeing, while a pair of Clerkenwell therapists explain why they recently opened their practice in EC1...